Objective To research the tissue structure changes of vessels wall in the patients with liver cirrhotic portal hypertension and to investigate the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in development process of liver cirrhosis.Methods The left portal vein,left hepatic artery and left hepatic vein (n=27) were collected from the patients with liver transplantation as the case group and the corresponding vessels of traumatic hepatectomy were collected as control group (n=15).HE staining and Masson staining were performed respectively.The hepatic arteries were stained with elastic fibers and immunized with anti-human iNOS polyclonal antibody.Results Compared with the control group,the portal vein intima and tunica media in the case group were thickened,the smooth muscle cells of tunica media were hyperplasia and hypertrophy,partial smooth muscle cells protruded into the intima;the irregular proliferation of hepatic arterial intima,arterial luminal stenosis,internal elastic membrane flatten,and even fracture,the tunica media smooth muscle hyperplasia to the intima were also observed;no obvious structural changes were observed in the hepatic vein wall.The higher expression of iNOS was found in the cytoplasm of hepatic artery smooth muscle cells (P<0.01).Conclusion The walls of liver artery and portal vein in the patients with liver cirrhosis would secondarily develop the tissue structure reconstruction,which is the results of human body′s own compensatory mechanism,the higher expression of iNOS accelerats the occurrence and development of the tissue structure reconstruction.

Arterial Occlusive Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Coronary Disease ; complications ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; blood supply ; Male ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVEThe demographic characteristics of acupuncture outpatient in China is investigated so as to provide clinical evidence for the establishment of acupuncture indication.

METHODSClinical epidemiological table was adopted to do cluster multistage random sampling in 36 hospitals of 31 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in 2008. The composition ratios of all indices were analyzed with SPSS 13.0 software. And trend analysis was carried out on the patient's demographic characteristics and the age distribution of clinical indications.

RESULTSIn the year 2008, 31 858 cases of out patients from 36 hospitals of 6 administrative regions were collected. There were totally 14 411 male patients (45.2%) and 17 447 (54.8%) female. The gender ratio of male and female was 82: 100. The average age of the patients was (50.6 +/- 17.7) years old. The number of patients over 45 years old was more obvious than groups of other ages (P<0.05). Age differences can be found in those 6 regions (P<0.05). Clinical symptoms varied according to different ages of the patients. Different characteristics of age distribution of acupuncture indications were held to exist (P=0.000).

CONCLUSIONAt the present, differences of gender, age and region can be found in out patients of acupuncture clinic. And the result shows that the number of female patients is more than male, with a large proportion of patients over 45 years old. Differences of age distribution characteristics of acupuncture indications still exist, which is considered to have the relation with the dominate indications of acupuncture and aging of the population.

Acupuncture Therapy ; utilization ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; Demography ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Outpatients ; statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult

Objective To explore a way to establish a stable, ideal and handy intracranial aneurysm model for related studies. Methods Modified microsurgery technology was applied to establish sidewall, bifurcation, terminal and merged types of aneurysm (n=7 in each type). Two weeks after operation, color Doppler ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (IADSA) were performed and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used for simulation analysis of aneurysm models. Biomechanical properties of aneurysm wall tissues was analyzed by cell culture, then the above examinations were performed again after the aneurysm was embolized by micro coil (MC). Results All models were successfully established, and the MC embolization of aneurysm cavity achieved good efficacy. Vascular endothelial cells (VECs) proliferate well in vitro, and the VECs adhered to the sur?face of biodegradable polymeric materials successfully and grow into VEC layer structure. Hemodynamics analysis was per?formed in aneurysms model before and after embolization and relevant hemodynamic parameters was obtained. , Blood flow velocity are 2-7 cm/s in aneurysm and 8-26 cm/s in its parental artery. Conclusion A stable, ideal and handy intracranial aneurysm model was established and are essential in aneurysm related research.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mercury Poisoning ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVETo compare the clinical outcomes of anterior cervical decompression plus sublevel fusion and posterior cervical laminoplasty in treating multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

METHODSThe clinical data of 56 patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy were retrospectively analyzed from July 2009 to June 2012. There were 32 males and 24 females, aged from 42 to 79 years old with an average of (56.9 +/- 12.8) years. All patients had the typical clinical features of cervical spondylotic myelopathy,radiological evidences, and courses of disease were from 2 months to 16 years with an average of (10.6 +/- 3.2)years. Of them,34 patients were treated with anterior cervical decompression plus sublevel fusion (anterior fusion group) and 22 patients with posterior cervical laminoplasty (posterior laminoplasty group). JOA score and radiological data were used to evaluate the clinical results:

RESULTSNo complications about nerve and blood vessel was found and the patients were followed up from 24 to 36 months with an average of 28.6 months. In anterior fusion group, the cervical anterior column height was significantly increased and the anterior cervical curvature angle was significantly decreased at 2 weeks after surgery (P < 0.05). In posterior laminoplasty group, there was no significant difference in above items between preoperative and postoperative at 2 weeks,final follow-up. Postoperative at 2 weeks and final follow-up, there was significant difference in anterior cervical curvature angle between two groups (P<0.05). Postoperative JOA score had obviously improved in all patients, at 3 months after operation and final follow-up, anterior fusion group was better than that of posterior laminoplasty group (P < .05).

CONCLUSIONThe anterior sublevel fusion can effectively restore cervical anterior column height, and compared with the posterior cervical laminoplasty, it can obviously improve the spinal cord function. It is an effective method for the multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathv.

Adult ; Aged ; Case-Control Studies ; Cervical Vertebrae ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Decompression, Surgical ; Female ; Humans ; Laminectomy ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Radiography ; Retrospective Studies ; Spinal Cord Diseases ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Spinal Fusion ; Spondylosis ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery

Objective To investigate the correlation between plasma cathepsin L (CatL) levels and establishment of cerebral collateral circulation in acute ischemic stroke patients with cerebral artery stenosis.Methods The patients with acute ischemic stroke with at least one cerebral large artery (including internal carotid artery,middle cerebral artery,vertebral artery,and basilar artery) stenosis ＞ 70％ diagnosed by whole cerebral angiography were enrolled.ASITN/SIR blood flow classification system was used to systematically evaluate the establishment of cerebral collateral circulation.Grade 0-2 was defined as poor collateral branch and 3-4 was defined as good collateral branch,Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the plasma CatL level.Results A total of 79 acute ischemic stroke patients with cerebral artery stenosis were enrolled,including 63 male and 16 female.Their mean age was 58.76 ± 12.24 years old.There were 51 patients (64.56％) in the poor collateral branch group and 28 (35.44％) in the good collateral branch group.There was no significant difference in plasma CatL levels between the good collateral circulation group and the poor collateral circulation group (7.09± 2.27 mg/L vs.8.79±3.53 mg/L;t =2.751,P =0.069).Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that only the high National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was the independent risk factor for poor collateral circulation (odds ratio 0.935,95％ confidence interval 0.823-0.963;P=0.046),and there was no significant independent correlation between plasma CatL levels and collateral circulation (odds ratio 0.910,95％ confidence interval 0.766-1.081;P =0.285).Conclusion There was no significant correlation between plasma CatL levels and cerebral collateral development in acute ischemic stroke patients with cerebral artery stenosis.

Objective To study sex differences,in common risk factors,subtypes and outcomes in stroke.Methods 2912 patients hospitalized for stroke were evaluated for common risk factors,subtypes and outcomes data.Results Mean age was higher in women than in men(P

Acute Disease ; Adult ; Brain Diseases ; chemically induced ; Carbon Disulfide ; poisoning ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Diseases ; chemically induced

Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) are clinically rare,however,it shows an in creasing trend recent years.Surgical management,such as radical resection or debulking,plays an important role in this field.Different procedures can be applied to tumors with different types,locations,and developing stages.The optimal clinical management of pNENs involves a multidisciplinary approach in order to improve prognosis.